The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-03-22

lng her forces for an impending struS-
gle in which she must feel that not
merely the integrity Of s portion Of
her territory, but probably her exist
ence IS nation. Is AT stake. Over she
Gahcian frontier she sees the heavy
storm clouds thiekly gathering snd
the far horizon hristlinS with C0SSsck
lsnceS, All questions Of internal
politics have therefore been lsid Sside,
Snd the approaching danger engroSSeS
the entire attention 81 both GSlelth
snian and TranSleithsnisn Legislators.
During the pSSt week alone s large
sum hiss been voted by the Hunga-
riSn Diet Tor Increasing the strength
II the Landwehr and LsndSturm.
During the coming one 3 similar
measure may PISS the ReichSrSth. In
sbert, the Austrian Empire intends
70 meet the emergency prepared To
the full extent of her resources.
Before touching upon her military
ana nSySl strength, Il might be well
- explain III SIS few words SIS possible
the exsct relationship 70 one another
q the TWO component pSrts Of this
CREST duel monarchy In 1867 the
Empire WIS divided into CisleiJhani6
consisting Of the German provinces
Of the Empire, IS well SIS GShEis, Dal
mStls and B0hemiSl and Tr2nsleith
ans including Hungary, CroStls and
Slavonls- ESeh section, while being
eluslly suborthnsted 10 the scepter
q the HspsburgS, MSS It's own Nation
81 representation. and only on the
question Of the regular army and q
AuSris'S relations with foreign
powers sire the TWO halves o. the En-
plrs s unit Both countries even con
Trol their own LSniwehr, - that II
treating q Aust-la'S military forces
ne hSve . consider three entirely
separate elements; Firstly. the reSu-
l6r Gmys secondly, the L2niwehr Of
ClSlelthanlG, and. Thirdly. the Honyei
army O. TrSnslsithanisn LsDdwehr.
As N the majority q Continental
countries. military service II Austria
: uG3e general and compulsory 6y
-aw. Every citizen having reached
the SSe q twenty comes within lts
provisions and remains subject 70 i
during twelve yeSrS-three yesrs II
the standing army. seven n the re
serve and TWO IN the Lar3wehr. On
5 war footing the combined armies q
the Empire number No less than !.
$4,000 men. q which $4,000 belong
70 The regular army. including re
serve, $4,000 q the L2ndwehr. both
no1Grchies furnishing about sn equal
share, and 5000 are reserve on the
recruiting ISIS 4 military lsv passed
n 1882 created sill smother reserve
lore, called the L2rds-um. bur 80
t2r It's effectiveness has no. been &C
c-rately GSlertsirai- Il comprises
CsC troI The age Q: thirty TWO 70
forty
The Austrian army : divided into
fifteen army corps. and stands under
the orders q the Emperor Francs
joseph a. the supreme chief q the
lsnd Snd naval forces q the Empire
Ine Emperor C-ans2e-s his military
business through the Intermediary OF
the Military CL2ccalleria,@ OF Br-
1saC. directed 81 present by General
VCc POpp, Ii l. through this channel
rEzr cs communicates with the three
Ministers Of National Defense Land
eSye-The,llE1ngl Or. II other words.
with the C1Sle.E1zriGr L2riEehr.
CoE-zn6ez. Archduke Rzire-: the
TrSnsLsithsrian LSriwehr. Con
nsnis-. A-cbiUke Joseph. and the
Minister q Wa, properly called
Count Byl6131 Rheydr- The latter,
II conjunction With the Inspector
General q The ARM. the Archduke
AIb-echc. constitutes the bsai and
brains Of tbe Austrian zmy. The
Arc1d1ke- whO : the E-ps-or's +
uncle. can bpas- Of beng the only 7
Austrian General With : TictO-y %
ms credit Il wss { brilliant one {
nevertheless zri VII De Inscribed N 4
golden Letters On the pages q Aus .
tEGE L1S-0-y- Who 5Do1g the older .
rsS6srs O. Tx World bit VII Le-e- 4
bs- TIE news q TIE Bz-zle 1E C-.SEOZZs- .
Ces-ly EEsCty-OIs years agO, when F.
Wear E-z-Ua-'s large 1my vas PIT .
20 zgrC-l1iozS fight by tbs Arch .
dukes greatly inferior forces But
S-en : the ETLn lrOly u fs-e that
neither this brilliant triumph nor the .
egEzllE glorious vle-1-y q Lisa
SAVED Ar-S--Lz E1- losing heE
Venetian p-uTl-css n that ta5s--l
vs9r q 1875
IEs A-S5-lzE general S-zE also
S-G-glS CE15- the d-Esc5 orders u the
EZperC-- Is present c-l=1 : El=-1 .
ALz-szz- Lls-le-z-c v1-,, B5ez- 9 NJ
tzva q The D-eEy ~ B1is1- VIII
d-C-Ez- ss-TzcE n the Gszuzn z-uy-
He ! assisted b. Ge1szal 711 H=E-
-=-z TIE 0&es-s u the general sCzE
z-s Distributed GE1-g the LlgL5E
o1--z1Is 4 The amy and partially
engaged n TIE 6svel1p-s11 q mill
Es-E sz-vlc=s II The general 1-rss1-
IcsEs l. s-S1 & general staff tu- the
zEs1lls-v and ez-L-zsEIEZ 6-ECcLsS
TLs grades II the Austrian zrEv-
6eE-E--z- With sAs E.1-- ,e,1-----1ssl11a,1 .
0Ecs-s. -s - Hs-I1ws- Czu1-aL u